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Iron Age Pottery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2020

Sue Hamilton
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Extract

Fabric categories.

Fabric 1 : flint tendered (28%)

Inclusions; medium size calcined flint temper of medium abundance (approximately 1000 grains per 1 gm of sherd) with a negligible backing of medium grade sand quartz natural to the clay.

Example of analysed sherd: flint temper (99%0; G - 0.9%, VC - 8#5%, C - 26.8%, M - 39.4%, F - 24.4% quartz sand (1%); M - 11 grains per gram of sherd

Firing and surface finish; surfaces and core are generally reduced but patches of buff, brown and orange exist. Exterior and some internal surfaces show signs of horizontal burnishing.

Sherd wall thickness; 4 - 8 mm

Technology; handmade with evidence of coil construction and subsequent drawing up (Rye 1981, 67-73).

Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 51 , Issue S2: Excavations at Copse Farm, Oving, West Sussex , 1985 , pp. 13 - 17
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1985

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